Security is tight in Kananaskis, Alta., for the fast-approaching 2025 G7 Summit. On the road to the controlled access zone, locals and employees outline how they're seeing the security measures play out.

This will mean a higher police presence, increased traffic, and potential disruptions by protesters. Among other measures, Calgary has designated City Hall and East Victoria Park as official protest zones. However, many businesses near these areas aren’t too concerned about the latter.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is set to greet world leaders when they arrive at the Calgary airport for the G7 summit. Leaders are expected to begin touching down Sunday for the three-day event in the Kananaskis wilderness southwest of Calgary.

The summit could generate around $240 million for Alberta’s economy, according to the Calgary Chamber of Commerce, but hosting costs are massive and long-term impacts are difficult to calculate.

G7 leaders will gather in Kananaskis from June 15 to 17, marking a half-century of international co-operation among some of the world’s most-advanced economies.

One of the two main speakers for the interfaith service was Cardinal Pedro Barreto, who served as Archbishop of Huancayo from 2004-2024. The Peruvian Jesuit prelate declared that faith communities “bring to the G7 leaders the voice and sentiments of a humanity suffering the consequences of their insensitivity and indifference.”

World leaders may face smoke warnings when they gather next week in Alberta as wildfires burned out of control across much of Canada and caused the country's second-worst fire season in decades.

Members of Calgary’s Ukrainian community will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after his G7 appearance in southern Alberta, the local leader of the movement said Friday.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is set to greet world leaders when they arrive at the Calgary airport for the G7 summit in Kananaskis.